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waiterish

waiterish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a waiter.

Adjective

waiterish (comparative more waiterish, superlative most waiterish)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a waiter.
    • As we sit down to write, we sink in our own estimation; we blush involuntarily, although we are in the deepest solitude; we look at our arm, in dread lest we should find a napkin hanging on it, in true waiterish attitude; we rush to the glass to ascertain whether our neck is encompassed by the...1863, Fun, volume 4, page 150

Forms of waiterish

comparativemore waiterish
superlativemost waiterish

Origin of waiterish

From waiter + -ish.

Questions about waiterish

What does waiterish mean?
Waiterish means resembling or characteristic of a waiter.
What part of speech is waiterish?
Waiterish is an adjective.

Words near waiterish in the dictionary

  1. waiterage
  2. waiterdom
  3. waitered
  4. waiterhood
  5. waitering
  6. waiterish
  7. waiterless
  8. waiterlike
  9. waiterly
  10. waiters
  11. waiters' friends

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